Affordable Space Adventures strands players on a dangerous planet with the rough equivalent of a space jalopy, but one that's fully controlled with the Wii U GamePad. Shacknews got a chance to go hands-on with the latest from KnapNok Games and Nifflas at this year's Game Dev...

En Masse Entertainment has revealed a new third-person shooter from Yingpei Games (the former Epic Games China) that brings Gears of War-style wave-based action to PC. Shacknews got to try it out at this week's Game Developers Conference.

The key feature of DirectX 12 is Direct3D 12, which Microsoft's Anuj Gosalia jokingly described as "more Direct than ever." As expected, it will run across "all Microsoft platforms," including "the lowest of smartphones, to game consoles, to the highest-end graphics cards."